🌱 Recycle-ready PE Bags – The Truly Sustainable Solution

1. Compostable

• Requires special resins (PLA/PBAT) → costly.

• Truly composts only in industrial composting facilities (specific temperature, humidity, and microbes).

• In landfills or mixed waste streams → does not degrade as advertised.

• Short shelf-life, weak durability, easily torn.

2. Degradable / Oxo-degradable

• Uses oxo-additives that cause plastic to fragment under sunlight or heat.

• Does not biodegrade → generates microplastics.

• Contaminates PE recycling streams.

• Misleads consumers with claims of being “self-destructing.”

3. Recycle (PE Recycling) ✅

• PE bags (HDPE/LDPE) are easily recyclable through mechanical recycling if designed as mono-material.

• Retain full performance: lightweight, durable, water-resistant.

• Reduce virgin plastic demand → save resources and lower emissions.

• Can incorporate 20–50% PCR (post-consumer recycled) content to close the loop.

• Compatible with existing recycling infrastructure, even in developing countries.

💡 Why Choose Recycle-ready PE Bags with PCR?

• No microplastic risk (unlike degradable).

• No costly industrial composting (unlike compostable).

• Can be collected, recycled, and reused multiple times.

• Fully aligned with the Circular Economy and transparent PCR labeling.

📌 Key Message

👉 Compostable and degradable bags only sound “green” but come with hidden drawbacks.
👉 Recycle-ready PE with PCR is the truly practical, economical, and sustainable path.